January 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] SuSE 10.3 troubles on my GamePC laptop
by Maura Edelweiss Monville 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

About 2 months ago I replaced SuSE 9.3 with 10.3. Last Friday I turned on my laptop. To my dismay the screen was messed up... sort of divided into three areas with wrapped up boundaries. The pointer position in any of the 3 area was no more mapped to what actually was selected. Therefore by clicking randomly (apparently on selected icons) a lot of applications were opened up. I was desperate as I could not send any email. I could eventually start mozilla using the arrows but could not point at the address field. I was afraid it would be a video card problem. No store where they sell computers/electronic devices would take care of my laptop as I bought it from GamePC . I finally was put in contact with a guy who runs his own company which provides computers assistance. He came with a monitor and knoppix Linux (as I suggested). This allowed us to exclude any video card problem. Therefore X was messed up ... how come ? It worked fine up to the night before. I turned off the computer in the end of my working session. In short I had to reinstall SuSE 10.3 which fixed the problem. But the serious difficulty was to save three directories where I have all my recent developments. I thought through knoppix I could mount both the internal and external hard drive and make copies. Apparently knoppix mounts the peripherals in a read-only mode (???) so .. forget about it. Fortunately I have a web site on a remote server. So from the simple text- mode I could compress and ftp my directories to my web site from which I could recover them after reinstalling SuSE 10.3 As a consequence I fell behind my schedule. To prevent future emergencies I am thinking of getting another laptop/notebook. Since I have to use MS Office every now and then I would consider to run alternatively Windows and SuSE through WMware. Now I run MS Office through CrossOveR. Is WMware stable and reliable ? Thank you, Maura Maura Edelweiss M. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Installing SLED on top of SLES
by Frank Steiner 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi, a little HOWTO for people who are interested in this :-) What I do is installing SLES and SLED on top of a SuSE 10.1 installation. Installing SLED on SLES (or vice versa) will work the same way. Why doing that? We need hosts that have the huge software repository that you find in a (open)SuSE system but can run longer than 2 years. So my idea was to install SLES and SLED over the SuSE system so that I replace almost all packages with their SLES/D pendants and can use the SLES/D security updates for a while. This works because SuSE 10.1, SLES10 and SLED10 have a common code base. There are a few packages that are in SuSE and not in SLES/D, very useful ones like sshfs or wipe. Of course you can install SLES+D and add those few packages from SuSE if you need them. Or you install SLES+D on top of SuSE. I describe what I did for installing SLES+D on top of SuSE 10.1. The decision you must take is what should be your main system. In my case, suse-release.rpm is installed, marking the system as a SuSE system in /etc/SuSE-release. If you start with SLES and install SLED on top, you will have sles-release.rpm, thus a SLES system + SLED packets. If you start with SLED, you have a SLED system + SLES rpms and sled-release.rpm. Usually that should not be very important. What I did (very short description because I expect that people who want to do that know about autoyast, pxe etc.): - made a local NFS repository for SuSE 10.1 - setup AY installation for SuSE 10.1 from that repository. Due to some bugs in the 10.1 installer I use the SLES10 installer, i.e. "linux" and "initrd" from the SLES10 loader/ subdir for PXE. Note that it is not possible to use the SLES10-SP1 installed for installing SuSE 10.1, but for combining SLES SP1 and SLED SP1. - setup an updates/ directory below the SuSE sources with the create_update_source.sh script from autoyast2-utils. - rsync all RPMs from SLED-SP1, SLES-SP1 and SDK-SP1 into that updates/ dir. I.e., rsync -avP <somepath>/{SLED10,SLES10,SDK10}-SP1/suse/ <somepath>/10.1/SuSE/updates/suse/ You can indeed rsync the i586 and x86_64 versions of SLES/D into the same updates/suse/ dir. If you install SLED on SLES you don't need that because they have seperate i586 and x86_64 versions anyway. - in updates/suse/ call the /usr/bin/create_package_descr script like create_package_descr -l english -l german -x `pwd`/setup/descr/EXTRA_PROV or whatever languages you need. The script is part of autoyast2-utils, too. - make the updates/ dir known by adding sth. like nfs://<yourserver>/<yourpath>/10.1/SuSE/updates to the file <yourpath>/10.1/SuSE/add_on_products When you start AY now, it will just take the RPMs at SuSE/updates/suse/ as additional RPM repository, not knowing about SLES and SLED. To the best of my knowledge this is the only way to solve the conflict between SuSE, SLES and SLED. Any other method (adding the whole SLES directory as addon product e.g.) will result in a conflict at least between suse-release.rpm, sles-release.rpm and sled-release.rpm. Now you can chose your packages in AY or add your own selection (if based on SuSE) or pattern (if based on SLES) in updates/suse/setup/descr/. Check the AY mailing list or AY homepage for further details. One problem I stepped on: We are using lilo and with the new package set there was some problem when AY tries to write the lilo.conf after installing all packages. Maybe because I use the SLES10 installer to install packages from SLES SP1. Some AY libraries seem to be incompatible there. I guess the problem wouldn't occur when you just install SLED on SLES. For my setup I just removed "limal-bootloader-*" from the updates/suse/ dir and it worked again. Now what about updates: I guess this will be a problem using the SuSE tools because you system will identify as SuSE or SLES e.g., but you will need updates for e.g. SLED, too. I never used the SuSE update mechanism, so I can't tell. We have been using autorpm here for years. This is a perl script that works on arbitrary directories (or ftp servers) and just scans all RPMs in there, resolves dependencies and takes the latest versions of all packages. There are many options for autorpm like upgrading only installed packages or install all found packages, select accept or reject patterns and so on. If you want to use that, you can find the latest patched version at http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/files/autorpm-test-3.3.3-1.noarch.rpm because autorpm is no longer maintained by Kirk. Anyway, any program that can work on a bunch of directories containing RPMs without caring about the product you have installed (SuSE, SLES, SLED) should do the job. So we always mirror all updates for SuSE (with mirror/wget), SLES and SLES (with yup) to our local nfs server and let autorpm work on all three update directories. Even when SuSE 10.1 doesn't get security updates anymore you must include the SuSE 10.1 updates for the first update after the installation. If you install SLED on SLES you don't care about this of course ;-) I'm sure you can also rsync the updated RPMs from SuSE/SLES/SLED into the SuSE/updates/suse/ repository so that AY works always on all the latest updates. I just didn't do that to have a stable repository for installation to make sure it always runs the same way. There are other ways to achieve the same result, like adding repositories to your either SLED or SLES installation, however, if you need a full SLES+SLED set on some of your hosts, I guess this is the easiest way. cu, Frank -- Dipl.-Inform. Frank Steiner Web: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/ Lehrstuhl f. Bioinformatik Mail: http://www.bio.ifi.lmu.de/~steiner/m/ LMU, Amalienstr. 17 Phone: +49 89 2180-4049 80333 Muenchen, Germany Fax: +49 89 2180-99-4049 * Rekursion kann man erst verstehen, wenn man Rekursion verstanden hat. * -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] instaling packages using novell ftp
by carlos 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hello I have one SLES 10 server (i have buy the license) For instaling new packages i install from the dvd or cd's. I must to send this server to another location, remote location. I have one trouble... for instaling packages i cannot use, remote, the cd's, hos can i install from one novell ftp? what configuration must i to change? thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mlabel usage?
by Greg Freemyer 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

> > And where do I find mlabel. I just looked in Yast2 and don't find > > anything relevant when I search (OS 10.3) > > Tsk, tsk... its part of the mtools package. Okay, stupid question, but how do I invoke it? it says "mlabel drive:" in man mlabel. I don't have a lot of drive letters on my machine. :) This is for a specific script for which I will have at least 3 physical drives connected to the box. I will know the mount point and can get the /dev/SDxx or /dev/HDxx entry, but the drive letter? Thanks Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Without sound after 10.2 update
by Francisco José Cadaval Arrola 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi all and thank you very much. Excuse me for my bad English. After the last system update (10.2) I have lost sound. I don't know how to recover it. What are the first test I must do and where should I start to search for the solution? I just dont know where to find nor how sound system is configured in Linux. Any quick reference on web? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] msgFilterRules.dat mail rules to procmailrc file conversion scripts
by G T Smith 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 All, For a variety of reasons I wish to transfer my mail filtering rules in Thunderbird into my server .procmailrc file. Unfortunately, there are rather a lot of them :-( , so before I hack a script together to do this, has anyone come across something which does this? Google does not give much help.... - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHmbKRasN0sSnLmgIRAk3eAJ4wW3K48wj5WJ5Gcv7RRq3MvmIy0gCfQwQ3 eKllgxlnOGLc9Bd8GSKJWQs= =WCR3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] KDE4 greeter plugin
by Jan Albrecht 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hi all, I#ve updated my 10.3 to KDE4 with the packages from opensuse.org But when I try to lock the screen I do get the message: Will not lock the session, as unlocking would be impossible. No appropriate greeter plugin configured. Anyone of you had the same error? Or does anyone have an idea to solve this? Thanks Jan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] script to rename zypper aliases to something usable!
by David C. Rankin 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Listmates, Here is a cure for the only pain I have with zypper. The default repo aliases are unusable unless you like cutting and pasting. The script included below is a script that will rename them to something useful (modify to your personal taste). When done you will have the following zypper aliases: # | Enabled | Refresh | Type | Alias ---+---------+---------+--------+------------------------+ 1 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | kde-backports 2 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | kde-community 3 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | games-action 4 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | database 5 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | videolan 6 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | samba 7 | Yes | Yes | yast2 | main 8 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | mozilla 9 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | mail 10 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | php 11 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | packman 12 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | virtualbox 13 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | wine 14 | Yes | Yes | yast2 | nonoss 15 | No | No | yast2 | openSUSE-10.3-DVD 10.3 16 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | xfce 17 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | nvidia 18 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | openoffice 19 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | src-oss 20 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | update 21 | Yes | Yes | rpm-md | x11 The script: #!/bin/bash zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_10.3/ kde-community zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games:/action/openSUSE_10.3/ games-action zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/database/openSUSE_10.3/ database zypper nr http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/SuSE/10.3/ videolan zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:10.3/standard/ main zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_10.3/ mozilla zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/mail/openSUSE_10.3/ mail zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/php/openSUSE_10.3/ php zypper nr http://ftp.skynet.be/pub/packman/suse/10.3/ packman zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Virtualization:/VirtualBox/openSU… virtualbox zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_10.3/ wine zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/repo/non-oss/ nonoss zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/xfce/openSUSE_10.3/ xfce zypper nr http://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/10.3 nvidia zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/OpenOffice.org:/STABLE/openSUSE_1… openoffice zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/10.3/repo/src-oss/suse/ src-oss zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3/ update zypper nr http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/X11:/XGL/openSUSE_10.3/ x11 -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Konq. problem..........
by Fred A. Miller 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

All of a sudden I'm having problems with Konq.....web browsing. The backtrace follows. Does anyone know what's going on and what I can do to fix it? Thanks! Fred ___________________________ System configuration startup check disabled. [?1034h(no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1". 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() from /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4 #22 0x080a85f0 in ?? () #23 0xbfb8fe74 in ?? () #24 0xbfb8fe6c in ?? () #25 0xbfb8fe64 in ?? () #26 0xbfb8fe5c in ?? () #27 0xbfb8fe54 in ?? () #28 0xbfb8fe4c in ?? () #29 0xb74663cd in QGArray::deleteData () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #30 0xb763e8f3 in ?? () from /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4 #31 0xbfb8ff40 in ?? () #32 0x00000001 in ?? () #33 0x0815bed8 in ?? () #34 0xb746730e in QGArray::~QGArray () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #35 0xb764b130 in KDE_IceProcessMessages () from /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4 #36 0xb7631754 in DCOPClient::processSocketData () from /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4 #37 0xb763e608 in DCOPClient::qt_invoke () from /opt/kde3/lib/libDCOP.so.4 #38 0xb71ba8ad in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #39 0xb71bb350 in QObject::activate_signal () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #40 0xb74ef4a0 in QSocketNotifier::activated () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #41 0xb71d83f0 in QSocketNotifier::event () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #42 0xb715c0ac in QApplication::internalNotify () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #43 0xb715ce96 in QApplication::notify () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #44 0xb7805ee2 in KApplication::notify () from /opt/kde3/lib/libkdecore.so.4 #45 0xb7150521 in QEventLoop::activateSocketNotifiers () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #46 0x0805876b in QXtEventLoop::processEvents () #47 0xb7172c30 in QEventLoop::enterLoop () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #48 0xb7172ac6 in QEventLoop::exec () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #49 0xb715bc1f in QApplication::exec () from /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3 #50 0x0805e5a3 in main () -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. 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[opensuse] Epson printer on ethernet connection
by Paul Ollion 25 Jan '08

25 Jan '08

Hello list I hope I am not OT with this question : I have been given an Epson stylus Color 1520 printer, which is very interesting since it can accept larger sizes of paper. It works nicely on a parallel connection, but it is provided vith an Ethernet connection add on card C823623 but I do not have the manual for this card and I do not know its default address and do not know how to change it. There is just a Mac address on the card. Is it possible to make this card work ? I asked on an Epson technical list but they said they did not know and they would be interested to know if anyone found a sulution on a linux list. Thanks in advance -- Paul Ollion Proud Linux user SuSE 10.2 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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